Seed set and gene flow patterns in an experimental population of an endangered heterostylous herb with controlled local opposite-morph density

Functional Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 680-689

  Ishihama, F ^a   Nakano, C ^a   Ueno, S ^b   Ajima, M ^a   Tsumura, Y ^b   Washitani, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bumblebees; Conservation; Microsatellites; Primula sieboldii; Spatial structure

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; GENE FLOW; HERB; POPULATION GENETICS; SEED SET;

EMBRYOPHYTA; PRIMULA; PRIMULA SIEBOLDII; PRIMULACEAE;

EID: 0142126749     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.2003.00773.x     Document Type: Article

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